Stop-action for organs



(No Modeli) I Q J. HOLDS. STOP ACTION FOR ORGANS. No. 361,887; Patented Apr. 26, 1887;

z g f W ATT EIRNEYE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEREMIAH E. OLDS, OF MENDOTA, ILLINOIS.

STOP-ACTION FOR ORGANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,887, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed March 15, 1887. Serial No. 230,936. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH E. OLDs, of Mendota, in the county of La Salle, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop-Actions for Organs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to stop-actions for organs; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

Figure l of the drawings represents a plan View of an organ stop-action embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a horizontal base, 13 a vertical front board, and O a similar rear board, said boards being provided with suitable bearings for the stop-draws D.

In order to prevent the stop-draws from rolling, it has been usual to flatten their rear ends and make the hearings in the rear board, 0, correspond in shape thereto. This construction has been found objectionable, because of the loss of time and consequent expense of getting out material.

To overcome the objections above mentioned, I provide each stop-draw with a swing-guide, E, the free end a of which is alwaysin engagement with a suitable recess, 1), in the base A, as best illustrated by Fig. 2.

The swinging guides E of the stop-draws are preferably cut away to form shoulders 0, arranged to bear upon the cranks d of wires F, that are in turn connected with the valveo rods, (not shown,) whereby the latter are actuated by a movement of said stop -draws.

The free ends a of the guides E,being always vented from rolling in their bearings, and I am enabled to give said draws a rounded and enameled rear end, thus cheapening the cost of building organs.

The stop-draws are provided with pins 6, that are arranged to come against the front board, B,or buffersf thereon, to limit the forward movement of said stop-draws.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination, with an organ stopdraw, of a swinging guide and a base-board provided with a recess to engage the free end of the guide, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an organ stopdraw, of a swinging guide cutaway to form a shoulder and a base-board provided with a recess to engage the free end of the guide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with an organ stopdraw, of a swinging guide, a baseboard provided with a recess to engage the free end of the guide, and a pin arranged on the stop-draw to come against the organ front board when said draw is pulled out, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set-my hand, at Mendota, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, in the presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH E. OLDS.

\Vitnesscs:

E. H. RICE, I. O. \VEAVER. 

